[Resolute Conservative]

So by your logic we need to be more tolerant of honor killings, slavery, and other atrocities that go on in foreign countries when those miscreants move here and bring it with them (ala Sharia law).

[Steve_Seattle]

"So by your logic we need to be more tolerant of honor killings, slavery, and other atrocities that go on in foreign countries when those miscreants move here and bring it with them (ala Sharia law)."

I was talking about marriage law only, which varies from state to state and country to country; to my knowledge, states and countries do not arrest people who were married in places where different rules apply and who later move to another jurisdiction. And I believe their marriages are considered valid IN THE SENSE that one cannot be prosecuted for them in this country. Nothing in my comments could be taken to justify tolerance of honor killings in the USA or slavery in the USA. As for someone who committed an honor killing elsewhere and then moved to the USA, you would need to consult an expert on international law to determine what - if any - penalties or sanctions could be applied to that person after moving here, or whether that person could be prevented from moving here in the first place. I personally would support keeping such people out of here, as a matter of immigration law; I would consider it a disqualifying act, regardless of its legality elsewhere.